On 8/30/05, Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:05:43AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_v110.c:523: warning: `ret' might be used
> > uninitialized in this function
>
> > --- linux-2.6.13-orig/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_v110.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.13/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_v110.c
> > @@ -516,11 +516,11 @@
>
> > -isdn_v110_stat_callback(int idx, isdn_ctrl * c)
> > +isdn_v110_stat_callback(int idx, isdn_ctrl *c)
> > {
> > isdn_v110_stream *v = NULL;
> > int i;
> > - int ret;
> > + int ret = 0;
>
> ret is used only in isdn_v110_stat_callback()::case ISDN_STAT_BSENT.
> It's possible for it to be unused only if passed c->parm.length is 0.
> Do you see codepaths that can do it?
>
No, I don't see any codepaths that could lead to it being used uninitialized.
I made the patch for two reasons; 1) To silence the warning, and I
guess it's simply the right thing to do. 2) To make sure the code
behaves in a resonably sane way in case the situation
c->parm.length==0 should somehow happen in the future.
--
Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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